BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Samford head coach Bennie Seltzer was pleased with the effort in his team's 87-59 exhibition win over Miles College Monday night at the Pete Hanna Center.

Tyler Hood scored 21 with seven rebounds, Raijon Kelly hit five 3-pointers on the way to 19 points and freshman Tim Williams double-doubled with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

"I thought they made the attempt to do everything we worked on," said Seltzer, the Bulldogs' first-year head coach. "They made a ton of mistakes, but I really liked the effort."

The Bulldogs are making the transition from the Princeton offense, which the school ran for the past 14 years under former head coach Jimmy Tillette, to a faster-paced offense. Samford had just nine turnovers and shot 50.8 percent from the floor, but made only 14-of-27 free throws (51.9 percent).

"I think it's exciting," said Hood, a 6-foot-6 sophomore who hit 8-of-10 shots. "It's up-paced and people will be enjoying it. It'll be fun.

"Once we get into the flow of things and start distributing the ball like we did tonight, we'll be pretty successful."

Williams, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound freshman from Chicago, scored the first points of the game. His debut performance wasn't a surprise to Seltzer, who said he had a big game against South Alabama in a recent closed scrimmage.

"He's one of those guys that, at the end of the day, you look up and he's going to have a double-double," Seltzer said. "It's no surprise. Tim's a good player."

Samford led 44-23 at the half and its biggest lead was 33 points at the 9:42 mark. Will Cook added nine points and Clide Geffrard Jr., another freshman, scored eight. Freshman point guard Russell Wilson came off the bench and dished out seven assists.

"We didn't get as many stops as we wanted to," Hood said. "We wanted to try to limit them to 50, but it didn't happen. We've got to get more defensive stops. Offensive side, we executed pretty well. We limited our turnovers and did all right."